'Perhaps the finest example is from the current avalanche itself.''The Commanding Officer of 19 Madras (the affected unit) is Colonel Um Bahadur Gurung, a Gurkha who joined the Madras Regiment.''He......

'Their failure to take Siachen is an embarrassment to the Pakistan army -- and let them live with it.' 'Our army's shoulders are broad enough to endure the challenge,' says Shekhar Gupta. Whether......